184: Lies That Take Lives (w/Scott Kennedy)
Conspirituality14 Joulu 2023

184: Lies That Take Lives (w/Scott Kennedy)

Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Fast forward to 2019 and the nation experienced the largest number of cases since 1992. Globally, there were 207,000 measles deaths that year, a 50% increase since 2016. The anti-vax boom time was still to come. Andrew Wakefield, Del Bigtree, and RFK Jr. massively increased their exposure and salaries during Covid via pseudoscientific fear-mongering and promiscuous political alliances. Scott Kennedy’s new documentary, Shot in the Arm, details the deadly impact of these anti-vax kingpins, as well as the tireless counter-efforts of scientists, medical workers, and science educators like Peter Hotez, Paul Offit, Karen Enrst, and Blimi Marcus. Scott joins Derek and Julian to discuss the past and future of the anti-vax movement. Show Notes Shot in the Arm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30: Are There Really Two Sides? (w/Charles Eisenstein)

30: Are There Really Two Sides? (w/Charles Eisenstein)

Who gets to take up space in critical times? How do we orient ourselves toward expertise? In a culture dominated by “experts” on social media, do charismatics outperform fact-checkers?This episode mar...

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29: Bro Science (w/Dr. Dan Wilson)

29: Bro Science (w/Dr. Dan Wilson)

Here’s an episode that’s been micro-brewing for a while: Bro Science: where conspirituality meets the manosphere. We’ve even got a working definition! Here’s a taste.Bro Science is junk science spewed...

11 Joulu 20202h 24min

28: Resurrection of Jordan Peterson (w/Jeff Brown)

28: Resurrection of Jordan Peterson (w/Jeff Brown)

This week we inaugurate “The Conspirituality Ticker,” a weekly bullet-point rundown on the ongoing pandemic of influencers who spread medical misinformation to sell disaster spirituality. We’ll also c...

4 Joulu 20201h 55min

Bonus: Yoga Teachers Are Not Doctors, Doctors Are Not Priests

Bonus: Yoga Teachers Are Not Doctors, Doctors Are Not Priests

Do famous people become famous for staying in their lane? Do some find fame by carving out a lane that never existed before? What is the disruptive promise of charisma in this wellness space, which dr...

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27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)

27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)

Though we’re all staying put this holiday season, we continue to super-spread our conspirituality vibes. This week we’re fielding listener questions for our first-ever non-Patreon AMA. During this epi...

26 Marras 20202h 4min

Bonus: Diversity Has Always Mattered

Bonus: Diversity Has Always Mattered

Diversity has lost some of its strength as a term in our bifurcated world, and yet in nature diversity has always mattered. Our apprehension of using the word points to our further alienation of natur...

23 Marras 202045min

26: Return of the Repressed, Or The Drugs Paula White is Not On (w/Brian Muraresku)

26: Return of the Repressed, Or The Drugs Paula White is Not On (w/Brian Muraresku)

Trump’s personal pastor Paula White seizes the podium to speak in tongues and prophesize that angels from Africa will certify her master’s electoral victory. Evangelical Kenneth Copeland laughs maniac...

20 Marras 20202h 13min

Bonus: Digital Soldiers, Purity Tests, & Word Magic

Bonus: Digital Soldiers, Purity Tests, & Word Magic

As more of the world has gained access to mobile internet, populism, and the perception (rightly or wrongly) of government, corruption has steadily increased. But what is “populism?” How do populist i...

16 Marras 202028min

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